20190409press release.pdf

Case No: PAC-E-19-03
Order No: 34307
Contact: Matt Evans
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Rocky Mountain Power proposal would modify net
metering rules to allow transfer of credits
BOISE (April 9, 2019) – The Idaho Public Utilities Commission is accepting comments on a
Rocky Mountain Power proposal to modify its net metering program.
Net metering allows customers who have installed on-site generation – primarily rooftop
solar – to offset their own energy requirements and export any excess energy back onto the
company’s grid.
The name is derived from the fact that participating customers are charged for the “net”
amount of energy they use each month.
If the energy generated by the customer and exported back to the company exceeds the
amount of energy used by the customer during a billing period, the customer is
compensated for the net excess energy through financial credits.
The program’s configuration does not allow participants to transfer the credits to another
account, however.
Rocky Mountain’s proposal calls for modifying the program to allow a once-per-year
transfer of credits between eligible meters.
To be eligible, the meters must be associated with accounts in the same customer’s name,
in the same customer class or rate schedule, and must be served by the same primary
feeder. Also, the meter to which the credits would be transferred must be located on or
contiguous to the premises on which the meter with the financial credits is located.
Rocky Mountain Power provides electric service to approximately 75,000 customers in
eastern Idaho. Net metering participants are enrolled in Electric Service Schedule No. 135.
The Commission is accepting written comments on Rocky Mountain’s proposal through
June 12.

Go here to submit a comment electronically. Or go to the Commission’s web site,
www.puc.idaho.gov, and click on the “Case Comment Form” under the “Electric” heading.
Please include the case number, PAC-E-19-03.
Comments can also be submitted via fax to [phone] or by mail to P.O. Box 83720,
Boise, ID 83720-0074.
All documents related to this case are available here. Or go to the Commission’s web site,
www.puc.idaho.gov, click on “Open Cases” under the “Electric” heading and scroll down to
case number PAC-E-19-03.